anaconda News

Paul Rosolie donned a specially designed "snake-proof" suit smeared with pig's blood for the "Eaten Alive" stunt aired on Discovery Channel Sunday, in which he tried but chickened out of the attempt to make a 20-ft anaconda have him for dinner.

Controversy is nothing new to the Discovery Channel. The basic cable and satellite channel is now taking hits from PETA and other animal-rights groups over its plans to air "Eaten Alive," showing a man being swallowed by a snake on Dec. 7.